Italy

Italy is an essentially mountainous country, except for the Po plain, and extends from the Alps to the centre of the Mediterranean. It includes the islands of Sicily, Sardinia, Elba and another 70 smaller islands.
The country’s main economic sectors are tourism, fashion, engineering, chemicals, automotive and food. The northern regions are among the richest per capita regions in Europe.
After being the centre of the vast Roman Empire, which left an immense archaeological, cultural and literary legacy, Italy was the cradle of medieval humanism and the Renaissance, which contributed to forging European political thought, philosophy and art.
The list of universal Italian artists is immense, and includes Giotto, Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Tintoretto, Caravaggio, Machiavelli, Dante, Galileo, Verdi, Puccini.o Fellini.
There are 30,729 Spaniards residing in Italy (data as of January 1, 2026).

Surface: 301,268 km2
Population: 58,938,177 BC
Capital: Rome
Official languages: Italian
Currency: Euro
Time zone: CET (UTC+1)
Internet domain: .it
Telephone prefix: + 39